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Hong De Latest News

Hong De lions were at Melbourne Central tonight for the Melbourne premiere of Mummy 3 - Tomb of the the Dragon Emperor, starring Brendan Fraser, Luke Ford, Jet Li and Michelle Yeoh. Two of the stars (Brendan Fraser and Luke Ford) were present tonight at the red carpet event at Hoyts Cinemas, Melbourne Central. The lions greeted Brendan and Luke and escorted them into Cinema One.

There were over 60 guests celebrating Deng Chi Tang Sifu's birthday yesterday at Westlake restaurant. Special guests include Ron Lim, Master Tang Lai Wei (Tai Chi For Life), Sifu's son Calvin Deng who flew back from Macau for the occasion and lion dance students. Special mention for all the students from the 80's who turned up for the event and especially to those who are still actively involved in lion dancing. We also celebrated Sifu's 26th year in Melbourne, he has been a familiar face at all the Chinese New Year Festivals in Chinatown since 1983.

The Hong De Lion Dancers performed on two occasions at Monash University, Clayton Campus during Open Day Week. The first performance was on Thursday 31st July at night and the second on Sunday 3rd August during the day. The night performance ended with the sound of firecrackers and the day performance started with a Hoksan drum routine. We performed using out new lions and drum on both days. Thank you to the Monash Students Association for organising the event (Wendy, E-Thing and May).

The Hong De Lion Dance Association performed at Victoria University, Nicholson Campus on Wednesday 23rd July as part of Multicultural Fesitivities during lunchtime. The lion performed in the cafeteria for the students. Thank you to Jenny Cleary for organising the event.

Members of the Hong De Lion Dance Association joined over 1500 guests at the Khuan Loke Dragon and Lion Dance Association Anniversary Dinner in Sungei Way, KL. Most guests travelled by coach immediately after the closing ceremony at Genting to attend the dinner. Due to our late arrival, we missed the 5-drum routine, but were in time to watch Loong Sing's dragon performance and Khuan Loke's 2 lion performance on jongs. Congratulations on your birthday celebrations - Khuan Loke! Thank you for looking after us in KL!

After three days of competition with participating teams from several countries, the Eastern Lion King was awarded to Kun Seng Keng Team D from Muar, Johor, Malaysia and the Western Lion King to Leung's White Crane from San Francisco, USA.
Final results are as follows:

Team list for the event is now finalised. Preliminary rounds will be held on Friday 18th and Saturday 19th July at the Genting Highlands, KL, Malaysia. The Australian teams competing will be Khuan Yee Lion Dance from Brisbane and a combined team (Chinese Youth League and Jin Wu Koon) from Sydney. For the first time at this Championship, the 'jong' setup will be in a standard formation, in a cross pattern. Teams are have the flexibility to elect which side they wish to perform on, the only condition (apart from time limitations) is that they have to reach the centre of the cross.

We wish all the Aussie teams well in the competition. The final for the event will be held on Sunday 20th July. Scores from the event will be posted on our website.

Members of the Hong De Lion Dance Association in collaboration with the Chinese Masonic Society performed in Melbourne Chinatown to raise money for earthquake relief in Sichuan, China. We raised more than $20,000 from restaurants and tin collections on the day. The money will be presented to the Chinese Consulate this week. A big thanks to all the members who volunteered their services for the day!

The Hong De Lion Dance Association performed its inaugural performance on Wednesday 14th May at the opening of Cathay Pacific's new office in Queen Street. The lion performed a traditional pineapple 'cheng' with lucky oranges.

Three members from the Hong De Lion Dance Association spent a weekend with the Khuan Yee Lion Dance team in Queensland. We were lucky to not only train with them but also watched a 'jong' performance for the Buddha birthday celebrations at the Suncorp Piazza in Southbank, Brisbane.

On the first weekend in April, two representatives from the Hong De Lion Dance Association attended a course in Brisbane conducted by Sifu Siow Ho Phiew on Lion Dance judging. The course was well attended by representatives from Perth, Victoria, NSW as well as Queensland. Not only did we learnt a lot from the course, it gave us a chance to get to know lion dancers from other states. We would like to thank Charles Nee from Khuan Yee Lion Dance for organising this course.